Chapter Summaries

Chen Ning and his allies fought the Red Scorpion Clan, and Chen Ning killed two powerful opponents with lightning and the Wind-Chanting Immortal Zither. The Red Scorpion Clan was wiped out, while Luo Wuchen reconsidered Chen Ning’s strength and talent.

• The demonic ape fought several Red Scorpion Clan Saints while Hua Luo faced their Great Saint Middle Stage expert, and a Red Scorpion Saint repeatedly failed to hit the little monk protected by the Buddha Child Physique.
• Chen Ning killed a Great Saint Early Stage Red Scorpion clansman instantly by breaking his neck, shocking Luo Wuchen and Uncle Qi.
• The Red Scorpion Clan’s Great Saint Middle Stage expert sent Hua Luo flying, but Chen Ning caught her and answered the attack with Yi Wood Orthodox Lightning and Ambush from Ten Sides, killing the expert.
• Nalan Yao copied Chen Ning’s Ambush from Ten Sides and killed the Red Scorpion Clan’s Saint King.
• Old Man Yang breached the Red Scorpion Clan chief’s carapace with Purgatory Fire, and the Red Scorpion Clan was wiped out.

After defeating the Red Scorpion Clan, Chen Ning rewarded Nalan Yao and Old Man Yang with bamboo slips containing cultivation guidance. The group then waited for a newly appeared hidden cave on Yellow Dragon Island to open, and the chapter ended as its time restriction vanished.

• Chen Ning gave Nalan Yao a bamboo slip with guidance he had memorized from her musical score.
• Chen Ning gave Old Man Yang another bamboo slip that could repair the physical damage caused by cultivating Purgatory Fire, and Old Man Yang vowed to protect him.
• Chen Ning and his companions discovered cultivators gathered outside a hidden cave whose time restriction prevented entry.
• A ragged old man told Chen Ning the restriction would lift in about two hours, and Chen Ning stayed to await the opportunity.
• After two hours of failed attempts to break the restriction, the light surrounding the cave entrance dispersed.

Emperor Yu revealed himself as a senior elder of the Grand One God Clan and said he had come to protect its divine maiden, Luo Qingcheng. As the cultivators prepared to enter the cave, Lei Dian arrived and accused Chen Ning and his companions of killing someone from Wind and Thunder Island.

• Uncle Qi punished a cultivator for insulting Emperor Yu, then gave him a seven-pattern immortal pill to restore his shattered body.
• The cultivators recognized the old man as Emperor Yu, one of the Grand One God Clan’s seven Saint Emperors.
• Uncle Qi asked why Emperor Yu had come to Yellow Dragon Island, and Emperor Yu said he had come to protect the divine maiden.
• Luo Qingcheng arrived and Hua Luo accidentally caught her in a butterfly net; the two women exchanged compliments.
• Uncle Qi proposed that the group enter the cave, but Lei Dian appeared and accused Chen Ning and his companions of killing one of his people.

Lei Dian tracked down Old Man Yang and Chen Ning to avenge Fire Madman, but retreated after Old Man Yang’s black flames overwhelmed his lightning. Blazing Star Lord then arrived with Yan Ling, Que’er, and Ximen Longyuan; after Chen Ning defeated Yan Ling with one punch, Blazing Star Lord prepared to act while Old Man Yang stepped forward.

• Lei Dian confronted Old Man Yang and Chen Ning over Fire Madman’s death, but abandoned the fight when Old Man Yang’s black flames dispersed his lightning.
• Blazing Star Lord arrived with Yan Ling, Que’er, and Ximen Longyuan, and he and his companions greeted Emperor Yu.
• Chen Ning mocked Ximen Longyuan and challenged Blazing Star Lord’s claim that he had been hiding, explaining he would seek him out once strong enough to win.
• Yan Ling attacked Chen Ning with a punch enhanced by Darkness Divine Marks, but Chen Ning defeated him with a single Destruction Divine Fist.
• Blazing Star Lord acknowledged Chen Ning’s progress and prepared to fight, while Ximen Longyuan offered to hold off Old Man Yang and Blazing Star Lord agreed.

Chen Ning and his companions entered the hidden cave, where they found the legendary Undying Ancient Lamp and a wealth of treasure that could not be touched. Emperor Yu explained that the treasures existed in the past and could be claimed through the Principle of Time, just as a yellow dragon’s shadow appeared.

• Nalan Yao revealed her Saint King presence and declared that Chen Ning was her husband, while Old Man Yang stood firm against Blazing Star Lord.
• Blazing Star Lord entered the cave with his party, and the others followed; Nalan Yao explained that God Clans valued service to their gods more than the lives of individual juniors.
• Chen Ning and the others found a trove of treasures, including the Undying Ancient Lamp, but cultivators could not physically touch any of them.
• Uncle Qi suspected a time-based restriction, and Emperor Yu explained that the treasures existed on another timeline in the past and could still be obtained in the present.
• Hua Luo tried and failed to grab the crystals, and a yellow dragon’s shadow appeared as the cultivators remained unable to reach the treasures.

The yellow dragon revealed that it had failed to master the Great Dao of Time and offered its inheritance to anyone who could pass a trial in one of three dangerous secret realms. As the cultivators chose their gates, Chen Ning and his companions remained behind to decide.

• The yellow dragon told Uncle Qi and the gathered cultivators that it had pursued the Great Dao of Time, reached Above the Great Dao, and apparently fallen in the river of time.
• The yellow dragon offered its inheritance and explained that passing a trial in any one of three secret realms could earn it.
• The yellow dragon warned that the first realm accelerated time, the second reversed time while eroding cultivation, and the third let entrants take other people's time if they were strong enough.
• Emperor Yu offered to escort Luo Qingcheng through the third gate, and Uncle Qi said he and the godson would join them.
• Blazing Star Lord, Yan Ling, Que'er, and Ximen Longyuan entered the third gate, while other cultivators chose the first and second gates.
• After most cultivators had entered, Chen Ning and his companions were still deciding which gate to take.

Chen Ning was exempted from Yellow Dragon’s trials because of Little Black and received the Great Dao of Time. After Emperor Yu and the others left the secret realm, Blazing Star Lord rallied the aggrieved cultivators to attack Chen Ning as he remained in the middle of his inheritance.

• Chen Ning chose the first door, but Yellow Dragon stopped him and revealed that Little Black’s presence made him a friend of the Dragon Clan.
• Yellow Dragon passed the Great Dao of Time to Chen Ning, hoping he would eventually rescue the dragon, and Chen Ning promised to protect the progenitor.
• Behind the third door, cultivators discovered they could steal lifespans, and older cultivators drained younger ones while Emperor Yu watched without intervening.
• Emperor Yu and Luo Qingcheng left the secret realm, followed by Luo Wuchen, Blazing Star Lord, and the others, who found Chen Ning receiving the inheritance.
• Lei Dian emerged aged after losing five thousand years of lifespan, and Blazing Star Lord used the group’s anger to urge them to attack Chen Ning, with Ximen Longyuan stepping forward alongside him.

As Chen Ning comprehended the Great Dao of Time, his allies appeared one after another to stop the attackers from reaching him. The Black Soul Saint King confronted Bai Ziyu, who had just arrived to defend the Chief.

• Lei Dian and Ximen Longyuan attacked, forcing Nalan Yao and Old Man Yang to meet them while other cultivators moved toward Chen Ning.
• Hua Luo blocked a golden-armored Great Saint, but Ding Erliang appeared behind him and killed him with a poisoned dagger after his halberd melted.
• The Blood Eagle Saint King challenged Ding Erliang, who pointed out the approaching Xue Rang, another Saint King.
• The Black Soul Saint King sealed the area with death Qi and drove it toward Chen Ning, but Ding Erliang vanished and escaped the trap.
• Bai Ziyu appeared and stopped the death Qi, then warned the Black Soul Saint King to leave or die; the Black Soul Saint King answered by filling the area with death Qi.

Bai Ziyu unlocked his Vast Righteous Qi and killed Black Soul Saint King, while Xue Rang defeated Blood Eagle Saint King through sheer physical strength. The onlookers were left wondering who Chen Ning was to command such powerful followers.

• Black Soul Saint King overwhelmed Bai Ziyu with his netherworld domain until Bai Ziyu's servants cheered him on, allowing him to unleash Vast Righteous Qi.
• Bai Ziyu used Vast Righteous Qi to destroy the netherworld scene and kill Black Soul Saint King.
• Xue Rang battered Blood Eagle Saint King without using techniques, forcing Blood Eagle to unleash a desperate giant-claw attack.
• Xue Rang punched through Blood Eagle Saint King's giant claw and chest, fatally wounding him.
• The crowd marveled at Xue Rang's physical strength and questioned whether Chen Ning could really be the despicable lower-realm person Blazing Star Lord had claimed.

Chen Ning emerged from Yellow Dragon’s secret realm having comprehended the Great Dao of Time and acquired the Undying Ancient Lamp, while his Saint King guards defeated their opponents. Emperor Yu refused to help Blazing Star Lord capture Chen Ning, but Chu Tianxiong arrived and ordered Chen Ning seized for injuring Yan Ling.

• Old Man Yang killed Lei Dian, and Nalan Yao defeated Ximen Longyuan with the Great Dao of Music, leaving Chen Ning’s five Saint King guards victorious.
• Chen Ning awakened with the Undying Ancient Lamp, having comprehended the Great Dao of Time and gained access to Yellow Dragon’s treasures.
• Blazing Star Lord asked Emperor Yu to capture Chen Ning, but Emperor Yu refused to interfere in the Darkness God Clan’s private affairs.
• Chen Ning challenged Blazing Star Lord’s complaint, and the cavern collapsed as everyone scattered.
• Chu Tianxiong arrived, rebuked Blazing Star Lord for bringing Yan Ling and Que'er out of the clan, and learned that Chen Ning had injured Yan Ling.
• Chu Tianxiong ordered Chen Ning captured, and Blazing Star Lord welcomed the command.

Chen Ning struggled against Chu Tianxiong’s imperial pressure and briefly used the Great Dao of Time to destabilize it, but Chu Tianxiong attacked before he could escape. Emperor Yu intervened to protect Chen Ning, forcing the Darkness God Clan to withdraw while leaving tensions between the clans unresolved.

• Chu Tianxiong’s imperial pressure immobilized Chen Ning and the others, but Chen Ning resisted with Unyielding Sword Intent and his True Dragon Body.
• Chen Ning used the Great Dao of Time to make Chu Tianxiong’s pressure flicker, and Chu Tianxiong recognized the power and attacked him.
• Emperor Yu caught Chu Tianxiong’s giant finger attack and declared that he was protecting Chen Ning on his own behalf.
• Chu Tianxiong challenged Emperor Yu over the Grand One God Clan’s position, but Emperor Yu said he made decisions only for himself.
• Chu Tianxiong led Yan Ling and Que'er away, and Blazing Star Lord left after Chen Ning vowed to kill him at their next meeting.

Emperor Yu took Chen Ning as his disciple and brought him to the Grand One God Clan on North Pole Island, where Chen Ning began studying the Great Dao of Time. Meanwhile, Ding Erliang, Bai Ziyu, and Xue Rang confronted Nalan Yao and Old Man Yang about their sudden increase in strength.

• Emperor Yu insisted that Chen Ning become his disciple, and Chen Ning accepted after Emperor Yu promised not to restrict his freedom or require him to serve the Grand One God Clan.
• Emperor Yu introduced Chen Ning to Luo Qingcheng, and Chen Ning called her Senior Sister Qingcheng as Luo Wuchen watched enviously.
• Chen Ning and his companions traveled with Emperor Yu to North Pole Island, where Emperor Yu put off meeting the clan's lords to arrange for his disciple's lodging.
• After Chen Ning was settled in a palace, he practiced understanding the Great Dao of Time and reflected on his inability to reverse time for more than a moment.
• Ding Erliang questioned Nalan Yao about her rapid improvement, while Bai Ziyu and Xue Rang challenged Nalan Yao and Old Man Yang for keeping their apparent fortuitous opportunity secret.

Ding Erliang and Bai Ziyu learned that serving the Chief could earn them guidance to overcome the Curse, and decided to win his favor. Meanwhile, Emperor Yu refused to hand his new disciple over to the Darkness God Clan and criticized its exploitation of small worlds.

• Nalan Yao explained that she and Old Man Yang received guidance after serving the Chief, and Bai Ziyu realized the others would need to earn the Chief's recognition too.
• Bai Ziyu and Ding Erliang decided to curry favor with the Chief, and Ding Erliang went to kneel outside his door and beg forgiveness for his earlier threats.
• Bai Ziyu, Old Man Yang, and Nalan Yao praised the Chief's feats under Emperor Realm pressure and his status as Emperor Yu's personal disciple.
• Four Emperors confronted Emperor Yu over opposing the Darkness God Clan, but he refused to surrender his disciple.
• Emperor Yu argued that the Darkness God Clan's practice of restricting cultivation and hunting small-world prodigies would inevitably provoke resentment and resistance.

Emperor Yu and the Grand One patriarch pretended to quarrel over Emperor Yu’s defiance of the Darkness God Clan, while privately agreeing that the Grand One God Clan could no longer remain neutral. They discussed how to stage the dispute and left open what would happen when the next act began.

• Emperor Yu argued with the four emperors that remaining neutral would leave the Grand One God Clan without allies, but refused to consult the patriarch because the two supposedly did not get along.
• A boy summoned Emperor Yu to the patriarch, who loudly accused him of endangering the clan by clashing with the Darkness God Clan.
• Emperor Yu and the patriarch staged a furious argument while secretly sharing a roast chicken, and the boy watched, unsurprised by their brotherly closeness.
• Emperor Yu asked how to resolve the conflict, and the patriarch admitted he feared the Darkness God Clan but agreed that the approaching calamity meant the clan could no longer focus only on protecting itself.
• The patriarch asked whether Emperor Yu’s young disciple could reach the supreme realm, then planned an act in which he would threaten the disciple and punish Emperor Yu by forbidding him to leave the island.

After Emperor Yu was confined to North Pole Island, Luo Wuming and Luo Wuchen plotted over Chen Ning’s place as Emperor Yu’s disciple. Chen Ning emerged from seclusion with improved mastery of the Great Dao of Time and accepted an invitation to the clan’s martial competition.

• Luo Wuxia warned clan members not to gossip about Emperor Yu, then disagreed with Luo Wuming over how to treat their fellow clansmen and defended Emperor Yu’s choice of disciple.
• Luo Wuming resented that Emperor Yu had refused him as a disciple but accepted Chen Ning, and Luo Wuchen offered to help him prove himself.
• After three days of contemplation, Chen Ning emerged from seclusion and found Ding Erliang kneeling to apologize; Chen Ning accepted Ding Erliang’s offer to serve him.
• Emperor Yu praised Chen Ning for improving his mastery of the Great Dao of Time in only three days.
• Luo Wuchen delivered Chen Ning an invitation to the Grand One God Clan’s martial competition and taunted him about whether he dared attend.
• Chen Ning accepted the invitation and said he would come to watch.

Chen Ning accepted Luo Wuchen’s challenge to the Grand One God Clan’s upcoming martial contest while Emperor Yu took him on a lavish tour of North Pole Island. The chapter ended with Emperor Yu bringing Chen Ning to a waterfall to pass techniques on to him.

• Chen Ning told Ding Erliang not to kill Luo Wuchen and said he would handle the resentful youth himself.
• Emperor Yu guided Chen Ning around North Pole Island, where Chen Ning and Little Black Dragon took large quantities of rare treasures and resources.
• The Grand One Clan Leader dismissed the Saint Emperor’s complaints about Emperor Yu’s looting, then discussed the clan’s promising young contestants and the coming martial contest.
• Emperor Yu brought Chen Ning to a waterfall and announced that he would teach him techniques.

Chen Ning struggled to understand Emperor Yu’s waterfall cultivation before realizing it was meant to restore his ability to feel himself and the world directly. He was finally swept from beneath the waterfall, while Emperor Yu and the Grand One Clan Leader recognized how quickly he had grasped the lesson.

• Emperor Yu told Chen Ning to relax beneath the waterfall and keep cultivating until its water could shake him, then left him to figure out the purpose himself.
• The Grand One Clan Leader questioned Emperor Yu’s teaching method as the two competed over spirit-leaf stems, and Emperor Yu confidently predicted Chen Ning would understand within seven days.
• After a night without progress, Nalan Yao brought Chen Ning pastries, and Bai Ziyu, Ding Erliang, and Xue Rang arrived to help him make sense of the training.
• Chen Ning sensed the water moving across his body and realized Emperor Yu wanted him to recover the primal ability to feel himself, heaven and earth, and all things.
• Chen Ning suddenly lost his balance and was swept out from beneath the waterfall, astonishing Nalan Yao and the others.
• The Grand One Clan Leader and Emperor Yu realized Chen Ning had understood the lesson in only one night, and Emperor Yu celebrated his disciple’s talent.

Chen Ning emerged from seven days of training and joined the Grand One God Clan’s younger-generation martial contest. The Heavenly Eagle Emperor wagered with Emperor Yu over Chen Ning’s chances, while the contest’s four divine children arrived and Luo Wuchen spotted Chen Ning.

• Emperor Yu told Chen Ning to keep training until he could withstand the waterfall without cultivation, and Chen Ning mastered its rhythms over seven days.
• Chen Ning emerged from seclusion as the Grand One God Clan’s martial contest began, with the Heavenly Eagle Emperor and Emperor Yu attending.
• The Heavenly Eagle Emperor wagered that Chen Ning would fail to take first place, asking Emperor Yu to support his clan proposals if he lost.
• The Heavenly Eagle Emperor and two other emperors watched as Luo Wuchen, Luo Shanhai, Luo Wuxia, and Luo Wuming arrived.
• Luo Wuchen spotted Chen Ning, who approached with members of So Close Yet Worlds Apart and presented his qualification token.

Chen Ning defeated Luo Qian in the Heaven group of the Grand One God Clan's martial tournament by sensing and stopping his spear attacks with his bare hands. After Chen Ning left the platform, Luo Shanhai watched with admiration and prepared to pursue victory in the Yellow group.

• The Azure Wood Saint King announced the tournament rules, and Chen Ning was placed in the Heaven group with Luo Wuchen.
• Chen Ning declined Ding Erliang's hidden weapons and stepped onto the platform to face Luo Qian, while Bai Ziyu told Xue Rang to remember anyone who mistreated Chen Ning.
• Luo Qian attacked with his spear, but Chen Ning caught the spearhead between two fingers and explained that he had sensed its momentum and pulse.
• Luo Qian unleashed a powerful dragon-shaped spear strike, but Chen Ning repelled it with a palm, disarmed him, and won the match.
• Luo Shanhai admired Chen Ning's victory and set his sights on defeating Luo Qingcheng to win the Yellow group.

Chen Ning faced God Son Luo Wuchen in the Heaven group’s final battle and effortlessly deflected all seventeen of his flying swords. When Luo Wuchen revealed that he had arranged the swords into a chessboard to trap Chen Ning, Chen Ning took control of it and exposed Luo Wuchen’s misplaced confidence.

• Luo Wuchen and Chen Ning began the Heaven group’s final battle, trading insults before Luo Wuchen attacked with his Jade Spring Flying Swords.
• Chen Ning dodged Luo Wuchen’s first swords and then flicked away all seventeen, leaving himself unharmed.
• Luo Wuchen’s swords lit up and formed a chessboard, prompting onlookers to realize he had been laying a trap throughout the fight.
• Luo Wuchen declared Chen Ning had become a piece in his game, but discovered he could no longer control the chessboard.
• Chen Ning told Luo Wuchen that he was the one mistaken about who was playing and who was a piece.